“UP: 9 arrested, 42 booked for running Christian conversion racket in Sonbhadra”, Opindia, December 1, 2023:
“In the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, the police have booked 42 people and arrested 9 persons after busting an illegal Christian conversion racket. The police on Friday (December 1) informed that they have also seized laptops, Christian literature and propaganda materials from the possession of the arrested accused. Reports say that 12 people have also been taken into police custody for questioning.
The matter pertains to the Chopan Police Station wherein the accused Christian proselytisers were organising ‘Changai Sabha’ (‘Changai’ means supposedly curing ailing people through prayers recited by a pastor) in the village to lure the local tribals into converting to Christianity in the name of curing their illness.
Moreover, the accused were offering money and goods to the non-Christians to become Christians. On Thursday, an FIR was filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act against 42 people based on the complaint lodged by a Malahiya Tola resident Narsingh Tripathi…..”
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